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N0.160,473f Patented March 2,1875.

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W'ELDON O. SOOLES, OF OIRGLEVILLE, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN CAR-COUPLINGS.

Specifi ation forming part of Letters Patent No. B 60, 173, dated March2, 1875 application filed August 25, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WELDON G. Scouts, of Oircleville, in the county ofPickaway and State of Ohio, have invented certain Improvements inOar-Couplings, of which the follow ing is a specification:

The nature of my invention relates to a coupling for railroad-cars andthe like; and the construction is such that the coupling of two carstogether is accomplished automatic ally by the simple contact of thecars, and they may be uncoupled from any part of the cars or trainwithout the danger of injury which attaches itself to all devices wherethe operator has to pass between the platforms of the cars.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement, and adaptationof two levers on each coupling, which act in connection with each other,the action of each being modified by the action of the other, and eachbeing actuated and governed by springs or other equivalent devices, aswill be more fully hereinafter set forth.

The construction of one of these levers is such that it presents aninclined surface to the approaching car-humper. As soon as theapproaching car is sufficiently near, so that the link or the bumperbears upon this inclined surface, it depresses that end of the lever,and being pivoted near its center it elevates the opposite end, by meanswhich Will be hereinafter described, elevates the couplingpin until thecoupling-link has passed beneath the same, when, actuated by a spring,the pin is forced down through the link, and the coupling is completed,the whole having been accomplished by the simple contact of the cars. Inthe accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification,Figure 1 is a longitudiual section of one of the draw-heads, the otherbeing shown in elevation, showing the invention after the coupling hasbeen effected. Fig. 2 is a bottom view, showing the relative positionsof the inclined levers; and Fig. 3, an enlarged sectional elevation,showing the manner in which the coupling is effooted and the means.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the bumper, of ordinaryconstruction, except that it is provided with a vertical slot, a. c isthe aperture through which the coupling-pin operates, and a a are thebearin gs for the levers, which will be hereinafter described. B is alever, pivoted at b in the bearing a and it is operated by a spiralspring, 12, or other equivalent device. It is provided with a slot, 1)the purposes of which will be presently set forth, and to one extremitythereof is loosely attached the coupling-pin G. O is the coupling-pin,working in the slot a in the bumper. D is the coupling-lever, pivoted inthe bearing a at d, and it is operated by the spiral spring (1 or otherequivalent device having a constant pressure. This lever is provided atone extremity with an inclined surface, d against which the car to becoupled operates, and at the other with'bearin g d for the sliding linkE. E is a sliding post, pivoted at e to the lever D, and it operatesthrough the slot a. in the bumper, and also through the slot 11 in thelever B, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. This post E is providedwith a longitudinal slot, 0, which, operating in connection with thelateral pin a in the bumper, serves to guide the post as desired, and itis also provided with a projecting point, e, which rests under the leverB until the coupling is effected, when it passes through the slot b andpresses against the side thereof, thereby preventing the jarring, 850.,from elevating the couplingpin and uncoupling the cars. F is thecoupling-link. Suitable attachments to the lever B may be carried to anyportion of the car, allowing the uncoupling to be performed as well fromone place as another.

It is asserted that no ordinary jarring will uncouple the cars; that thesprings acting antagonistically to each other will prevent rattling,820.; that the device is an efficient selfcoupler; that the uncouplingcan be effected Without danger of injury to the operator.

The operation is as follows: As shown in Fig. 3, my invention is set forcoupling two cars together-t. 6., the incline d is elevated, and theprojection c resting under the lever B. The approaching bumper operatingon this incline depresses the same, and elevates the post E. This actionraises the pin 0 until the link F has passed sufficiently far, when thepost E disengages with the lever B, and passes through the slot b. Thelever, actuated by the spring I), immediately forces the pin 0 intoplace, and the projection 6 serves to secure the pin from displacement.To uncouple the cars, it is only necessary to depress the portion of thelever B, which will elevate the pin 0. The lever D, actuated by thespring d will again elevate the incline, the post E passing under thelever B, and the whole device is ready for another operation.

I claim--- 1.. The combination of the lever D, having WELDON C. SGOLES.Witnesses:

O. F. KRIMMEL, J. P. NORMAN.

